prey on something怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音

来源： 2025-06-04

英语单词:prey on something

意思翻译

prey on something

phrasal verb with prey verb uk/preɪ/ us/preɪ/

捕食

If an animal preys on another animal, it catches and eats it.

The spider preys on small flies and other insects. 蜘蛛捕食小苍蝇和其他昆虫。

prey on someone

phrasal verb with prey verb uk/preɪ/ us/preɪ/

伤害，欺骗，坑害（尤指弱势人群）

to hurt or deceive a group of people, especially people who are weak or can easily be hurt or deceived

He would attack at night, preying on lone women in their twenties or thirties. 他总在夜间出没，袭击二三十岁的单身女子。
It's particularly contemptible that these sort of people prey on the elderly. 这种人坑害老年人真是太卑鄙了。